Butler for Ariza Trade Rejected by Sterling

Ariza would have been nice. I haven't seen a player really shut down Jcross but Ariza did an amazing job on him when we played at dc.

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02/25/2013 - 12:22 PM PST

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Meh, it would have been about a push, and I'd rather not mess with chemistry over a push.

realbull17

02/25/2013 - 12:23 PM PST

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they didnt want to upset our GM chris paul.

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02/25/2013 - 12:30 PM PST

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I'm pretty sure CP3 pushed for that trade only to have DTS veto it.

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02/25/2013 - 12:50 PM PST

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Like others said this trade is basically a wash. It would be categorized as "making a trade just to make a trade". Butler has the leadership, respect and experience factor over Ariza though. Butler's been playing well the last 3 weeks or so too. Kudos to Sterling for keeping the front office in check!

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02/25/2013 - 12:52 PM PST

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Agree with this. Its not a huge upgrade, if its an upgrade at all, so better not to mess with the chemistry.

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02/25/2013 - 12:56 PM PST

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Just checked the numbers... Ariza having a terrible year, worse than Butler. Not sure what the Clippers front office was thinking. Butler expires after next year anyways, no need to push him out the door unless it's for a great deal.

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02/25/2013 - 12:56 PM PST

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I was hoping this trade would have happened... Missed out but if you think about it's a positive thing Sterling denied the trade because of that chemistry factor and it shows that Sterling is more involved thinking championship.

Trevor Ariza is a free agent this offseason if the Clippers still interested...

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02/25/2013 - 12:57 PM PST

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My thoughts exactly.

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02/25/2013 - 01:10 PM PST

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Ariza has a player option next year for over 7M. Hard to see him not picking that up. Sterling actually was the voice of reason in all of this.

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02/25/2013 - 01:20 PM PST

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Would have added some D but took away some 3pt shooting... I think we need the shooting.

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02/25/2013 - 01:44 PM PST

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We need the perimeter D more. Those 3's are killing us.

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02/25/2013 - 01:59 PM PST

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illastrate wrote:

The_Blake_Show wrote:

I was hoping this trade would have happened... Missed out but if you think about it's a positive thing Sterling denied the trade because of that chemistry factor and it shows that Sterling is more involved thinking championship.

Trevor Ariza is a free agent this offseason if the Clippers still interested...

Ariza has a player option next year for over 7M. Hard to see him not picking that up. Sterling actually was the voice of reason in all of this.

Nick Young is a free agent this offseason too. I rather have him than either of these two.

which was probably the reasoning behind the trade, offense for defense,

Clipperfn4lf

02/25/2013 - 03:00 PM PST

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Any1 else notice when Cp3 sits on his hands the 1st quarter Butler lights it up for us.

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02/25/2013 - 03:05 PM PST

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I'm kind of glad this trade didn't go down. Ariza would be great if he was in his Lakers form, but right now he just sucking it up. I think everyone just underrated Butler defense a little bit, he do have to guard the best players of the opponent every night.

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02/25/2013 - 03:16 PM PST

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shoots lights out? yeah SOMETIMES he shoots well. most of the time it's inconsistent offense and turnovers on his part lol

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02/25/2013 - 04:06 PM PST

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I would have done the trade. i think going forward into playoffs we would need ariza and his defense against KD. Butler is strong and can push on KD but KD is so much faster and longer. Ariza is a very long defender he has a huge wingspan.

Butler usually only shows up in the 1st quarter anyway. We might as well get the better defender.

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02/25/2013 - 04:30 PM PST

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I got to agree with Sterling on this one. Disrupting team chemistry is not worth it. I'm sure we will have more options in the offseason as far as trades go. Also we can now be considered a destination for veteran players so free agents signing for peanuts is also an option.

shoots lights out? yeah SOMETIMES he shoots well. most of the time it's inconsistent offense and turnovers on his part lol

at least he has bits of offense. ariza doesnt even have that. at least not this season. butler is ok on D, ariza is a solid defender, not a great defender. so the trade would have been a wash at most.

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02/25/2013 - 04:37 PM PST

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You guys are missing the most important part about the story, Donald Sterling made a decision that was soley based on winning, because Trevor Ariza makes less money than Butler and he decided chemistry and winning is more important, it doesn't matter whether you think Trevor is better that's not the point. I'm really happy he did this mainly because now I know he's committed and cares. This is awsome news

shoots lights out? yeah SOMETIMES he shoots well. most of the time it's inconsistent offense and turnovers on his part lol

at least he has bits of offense. ariza doesnt even have that. at least not this season. butler is ok on D, ariza is a solid defender, not a great defender. so the trade would have been a wash at most.

Disagree Butler is not an ok defender but actually pretty abysmal(eye tests and stats make this pretty clear) while Ariza is far from a solid defender. Solid defender=no impact good or bad. Ariza is a huge net positive on defense. He is a borderline elite wing defender.

For reference Butler is the 332nd best defender in the league based on synergy sports. One of the worst in the league.... Ariza is the 51st best defender in the league based on synergy sports.

Offensively Ariza is doing pretty poorly but he was a decent offensive player in the past. I think it has more to do with being on shitty rosters with mediocre playmaking PGs if anything. Playing with CP3 I could see him going back to how good he was with the Lakers if not better.

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02/25/2013 - 05:06 PM PST

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Ariza plays solid D, or at least did during his time in Laker Land. However, since he was thrust into a larger role in Houston, New Orleans and now Washington, his shooting percentages and decision making have plummeted. I will tip my hat to Sterling on this one.

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02/25/2013 - 05:30 PM PST

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agreed. @cp3heliflopter, his numbers on d are skewed since he has missed 25 plus games this season.

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02/25/2013 - 05:48 PM PST

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butler >>> ariza

what the heck is chris paul trying to do? reunite all his old hornets teammates? just because CP says it doesnt mean it's the best option of the team. im sick of people nodding at everything he says. he's becoming bigger than the team itself. chill out CP.

cheers, DTS.

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02/25/2013 - 05:54 PM PST

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agreed. the only friend of cp's i want on the clips is LBJ. lol

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02/25/2013 - 06:06 PM PST

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Of all the trade rumors, this is the only one that I liked. We've struggled defending the 3-point line and have gotten lit up by guys like Klay/Curry or Irving/Waiters, so I think I'd rather have Ariza's Defense over Butler's streaky Offense.

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02/25/2013 - 06:10 PM PST

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bullterrierclipsfan1349 wrote:

Amnesty_David_Stern wrote:

Ariza plays solid D, or at least did during his time in Laker Land. However, since he was thrust into a larger role in Houston, New Orleans and now Washington, his shooting percentages and decision making have plummeted. I will tip my hat to Sterling on this one.

agreed. @cp3heliflopter, his numbers on d are skewed since he has missed 25 plus games this season.

No his numbers are not skewed. He has always been a very good defender. I have watched him on the Hornets and other stats like defensive rating prove this. He is a Tony Allen type of player. Sucky offense, elite defense.

I can understand keeping Butler due to chemistry but if it was not for chemistry this would definitely be a good trade. Our perimeter defense sucks and upgrading to Ariza would help tremendously in that aspect while downgrading our offense a bit.

Overall, not a big deal but its silly to say Ariza sucks or Butler is way better than Ariza when it simply is not true. If anything its the other way around. Butler is a nice guy and all but he simply isn't good anymore since his injury or frankly even average.

Keatonsays

02/25/2013 - 06:18 PM PST

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glad dts rejected this. shows a true sense of loyalty to his players.

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02/25/2013 - 06:32 PM PST

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thats your opinion cp3heliflopter. ariza isnt tony allen. hes not an elite defender. hes solid to good. we needed to add a knockdown shooter. our defense is fine when the effort is there. everyone talks about butler's injury, but ariza is also oft-injured. he hasnt been the same since he left the flakers.

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02/25/2013 - 06:36 PM PST

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Who knows if this deal was straight up. Caron makes more than Ariza and we could have gotten Jordan Crawford along with Ariza. They traded him to the Celtics for an injured Barbosa. Basically they dumped his salary.

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02/25/2013 - 06:42 PM PST

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Caron is a better shooter, but he rarely gets to play in the 4th quarter. Ariza is similar to Barnes, having those to coming in for each other would of been nice.

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02/25/2013 - 06:51 PM PST

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Barnes has not played well in a while. He was bound to come down to earth. Caron frustrates me but he isn't really good shooter and Barnes has a tendency toward airballing

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02/25/2013 - 07:58 PM PST

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are some of you actually disappointed that this deal didn't go through? wow my hat goes off to sterling on that one. if anything this is the best caron has been playing in a clipper uniform and you want to trade him for a player whos never been the same once he left the lakers to sign that huge contract with the rockets? so what if ariza is the better defender, it's not worth ruining our team chemistry. ariza doesn't have the ability to do many things that caron can like shooting, posting up, better free throw shooter, and has way more experience. this trade would not make us better and im really glad sterling didn't allow it. did some of you forget that caron was the first player to sign here before this team was considered elite.

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02/25/2013 - 08:14 PM PST

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^ And played 11 playoff games with a busted hand... #TuffJuice

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02/25/2013 - 08:42 PM PST

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I agree with your assessment of the two players....and so do these sites:

You guys are wrong about Ariza this year and I've talked to Wizards fans today about it who have HATED him this year. A couple called him the worst offensive player in the league. Butler isn't "way" better than Ariza this year but he's noticeably better and more efficient. It's not a negligible gap. Butler scores more on much better efficiency. For a 5th option role player we need 3 point shooting and midrange shooting FAR more than we need a defensive SF. We have Barnes, Butler and Hill, all capable defensive SF's who have their moments.. why do we need another?

What we truly lack are shooters who are consistent and Butler is our 2nd most consistent long range shooter to Billups. Games where our guys can't hit a 3 we usually get destroyed. In other words Ariza doesn't address a need but makes us weaker in an area we are already pretty weak at. Barnes at this point is a better player than Ariza and Hill is a capable backup for another year. Remember most of our defensive lapses are at the guard spots, not the SF spot despite what people seem to be implying. It's Green, CP3, Billups and Bledsoe who have had their moments getting destroyed.

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02/25/2013 - 09:18 PM PST

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Not to mention Butler is our 3rd vet who keeps the young guys in check and gives superb leadership and advice. The value of that stuff can't be stated enough. When Vinny cut his minutes Butler didn't say a word and continued to cheer on teammates. No thanks to Ariza.

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02/25/2013 - 09:23 PM PST

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n terms of impact according to WS/48 it's his 3rd most impactful year of his career too. In February he's put up 13 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1 apg, 1 spg on great efficiency and improved defense in 10 games. Not bad at all and he seems to be rejuvenated since returning from a few days off with injury. In the last 4 he's put up 16 ppg on about 50 percent shooting.

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02/26/2013 - 02:18 AM PST

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Not sure about this one.Ariza is a better defender with length but he has been riding the bench for the Wizards.I do think Ariza is better on D than Butler but Butler is the better shooter.Looking at our perimeter D we do need that defender but that's what Hill and Barnes are there for.Neither Hill or Barnes are a real threat from 3 so we kind of need Butler for that.

Chemistry wise I don't think it would have done much since Ariza played with Odom & Turiaf(LAL),Willie & CP3(NOH),Barnes & Jamal(NYK),and with Hill(ORL). He could probably fit right in.Chemistry wise I don't think it hurt's either team and it might actually help out the Wizard's locker room.If it went threw I would have been fine with it,now that it didn't I am still ok with it but it might have helped a little having another defender.

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02/26/2013 - 04:48 PM PST

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If Ariza is an elite defender, then Bledsoe is the best defender in the NBA